Good morning and happy Wagon Wednesday. This post is here to serve as your reminder that racing wagons were most certainly a thing, and that they were also quite awesome. Volvo raced the 850 in the British Touring Car Championship. So if you’ve ever wondered just how fantastic a liveried-up wagon can look, see above as your Exhibit A(wesome).

Someone needs to recreate this style on a V60 Polestar. That combination of current Volvo wagon greatness and classic racing history would cause our brain to explode with wonder and our hearts to grow three sizes.

We need more wagons, folks. When someone tells you that they’re boring, show them this picture… and smack them in the face a little too, because they don’t get it.

Let’s not forget the race when the wagons came in 1 and 2, with the second wagon following the first in the rain. The first had to turn on its hazards so the second driver could see, having lost his wipers.

Did I hallucinate that?

Maymar

Would a Rote Sau E63 AMG wagon be blasphemous or awesome? Or blasphemawesome?

I can’t think of any iconic VW racing liveries, but it’d be nice to do something similar to the excellent Golf Wagon as well.